Greens airport plan 'fantasy': Labor

Labor has taken a swipe at the Greens, describing as "fantasy" their policy of closing Sydney's existing airport and opposing a planned second facility at Badgerys Creek.

Opposition infrastructure spokesman Anthony Albanese believes the minor party's desire to locate a new airport outside the Sydney Basin and have it connected by high-speed rail has no place in the world of serious policy debate.

"It's the stuff of fantasy," Mr Albanese wrote in The Australian on Tuesday, adding the Greens plan would leave Sydney as the only global city without an airport.